Landlords collected almost £9 billion in rent for sub-standard privately-rented homes across England in 2020, analysis has suggested. The City Hall findings have been branded “a scandal” and “an outrage”,
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A group of children who went missing from a hotel housing asylum seekers on the south coast are in a “vacuum”, the High Court has heard. Article 39, a charity
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The Government has been accused of lacking “direction and focus” on social care reform after it sought to address confusion over controversial spending plans announced earlier this month. The Department
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The case of a 10-month-old baby who was murdered by his parents just 39 days after being placed back into their care is to be reviewed by social services. Finley
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The first vote on the controversial National Care Service will be pushed beyond June, according to a letter from the minister responsible, to allow for “compromise” to be reached with
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The Government has been condemned for halving the funding promised for the social care workforce in England, with one charity saying it is an “insult” to the sector. Millions of
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Funding promised for the social care workforce has been halved, the Government has confirmed. Millions of pounds have been removed from previously announced funding for a sector which a recent
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A former town councillor who tried to steal more than £430,000 through the Government’s Eat Out to Help out scheme has been jailed for two and a half years. Mohammed
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The country’s social care system is broken and “cannot be tweaked”, the Archbishop of Canterbury has told Parliament as he stressed the need for a fundamental rethink. While funding mattered,
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Nursery workers facing pay cuts of up to £6,000 have protested outside council offices, warning that some fear losing their homes. Parents joined nursery staff and union members in the
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